China's President Xi Jinping (L) delivers a speech next to Founder and Executive Chairperson of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab during the first day of the World Economic Forum, on January 17, 2017 in Davos. Chinese President Xi Jinping said on January 17, 2017 that there is "no point" in blaming economic globalisation for the world's problems. The leader of the world's second largest economy made the comment at the World Economic Forum, where he is making his first appearance as China seeks to play a greater role in world trade regimes amid rising protectionism in the US and Europe. The global elite begin a week of earnest debate and Alpine partying in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, in a week bookended by two presidential speeches of historic import. / AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI